Lawrence Weather Watch

Warmth to Continue

Temperatures the last few days have been well-above average for this time of year. The quick transition late last week from rainy 60s to the humid upper 80s made the arrival of this warm spell quite startling. For those who like summer weather, the good news is that it’ll stick around for a ...

Finally Loooking For A Warm Weekend

After a week of heavy rain the weekend looks to warm up and dry out. While some models are eluding to temperatures at or above the 90° mark, I think that most of the weekend will be in the mid to upper 90's. Part of the reason for this is all of the rain that we picked up this week. Here ...

Peak of severe weather season approaches

Severe weather season usually lasts for two to three months in Eastern Kansas. However, there have been some years with much less activity. This season so far has seen much of the strongest activity focused to our south. That is somewhat expected through mid-May. However, as we approach the ...

Rain Likely To Make For A Soggy Weekend

Rain has poured down this week bringing us more than a bulk of the rain for the month of May. So far the month of May has brought us 2.26 inches of rain, and as of Friday night we are 0.06 inches above average. Of that, we have picked up 2.24 inches of that this week. Now we are heading ...

A Day In The Life Of A Meteorologist During Storm Season

Here is a re-cap of Wednesday from my perspective: It was a long day in the weather world. Storms rolled into Douglas county in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning that were pushing some of the severe limits. Although we didn't have a warning on those storms, we certainly dealt with ...

Severe Storm Risk Continues Wednesday

As of 2:30pm, a nearly east-to-west warm front was located about 10 miles south of Lawrence This front separates temperatures in the 70s and 80s south of K-10 from temperatures in the 50s and 60s along and north of I-70. I expected the front to move just north of Lawrence in the next couple ...